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The most important tool in your arsenal in your Latvian genealogy journey is Raduraksti – but are you really using it to its full potential? If you’re new to Latvian genealogy, the website can be daunting – but don’t worry,

Antra February 8, 2017May 24, 2018 administrative, education, giveaways, Raduraksti, records, resources 1 Comment

Latvian Genealogy Boot Camp!

So it’s that time of year again – holidays, presents, and soon the New Year! Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions? I know one of mine is to get back to blogging more regularly, since I haven’t really had

Antra December 23, 2016 administrative, education, geography, languages, Raduraksti, records, resources, surnames No Comments

Rīga Passport Database Index is Available!

Okay, so admittedly, I’m late with this post, since the database I’m going to talk about came online a few months ago, but with the other projects I’ve got going on, I hadn’t gotten around to this post yet. Better

Antra March 20, 2014 Raduraksti, Rīga, records, resources 6 Comments

Dates Before 1834

If you’ve spent any time in the Latvian church records on Raduraksti, you’ll have probably noticed that in most cases, the earliest records of births, marriages and deaths you’ll find is 1834 or 1835 (for ethnic Latvians, records for Germans

Antra August 15, 2013August 15, 2013 family, farms, Raduraksti, records, resources No Comments

Saving Time on Death Records

All genealogists know that “killing off” – that is, establishing precise death dates and places – your ancestors is important. It helps prevent them from being confused with other people, explains why they weren’t at later events/places, and so on.

Antra July 29, 2013July 28, 2013 newspapers, Raduraksti, records, resources No Comments

Pre-Independence Rīga House Registers on Raduraksti!

I looked into Raduraksti this morning, and what did I see…. a new document section for house registers! These are the “house books” that I have mentioned a number of times before. They provide information about everyone living in a

Antra April 11, 2013 Raduraksti, Rīga, records 2 Comments

R is for Raduraksti

But wait, what about Q? Well, the Latvian alphabet doesn’t have a Q, so R is the next letter of the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge! This is only the first letter I’m skipping, and being as I’ve done

Antra October 17, 2012October 14, 2012 Raduraksti, records, resources 2 Comments

Latvian Genealogy Primer – Part 2

Part 2 – Genealogical Sources After reading Part 1 of this primer, and the historical context of Latvian emigration, now it is time to move to genealogical sources – the resources that you can use to trace your Latvian ancestry.

Antra May 5, 2012February 8, 2017 administrative, migration, Raduraksti, records, resources 5 Comments

Kurland Revision Lists!

I was looking around on Raduraksti, and I saw that they have posted what appears to be the full collection of the revision lists for rural Kurland (modern-day Kurzeme and Zemgale). They can be accessed by going “Saturs” -> “DvÄ“seļu

Antra September 21, 2010 Raduraksti, records, resources 5 Comments

Records after 1905

In my last post, a reader requested that I talk about records after 1905. So here we go! There are lots of different types of records available for the post-1905 period – however, as of right now, none of them

Antra August 18, 2010 migration, Raduraksti, records, resources 6 Comments
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